Phortica variegata

Phortica variegata (also known as the "variegated fruit fly") is a species of vinegar fly in the family Drosophilidae. Phortica and related fly species are perhaps best known for their behaviour of feeding on the lacrimal secretions (lachryphagy) of mammals.^[1] As a consequence of this behaviour, P. variegata can serve as a vector of Thelazia callipaeda roundworms.^[2][3]

Phortica variegata
Phortica variegata frequenting a human eye in Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Drosophilidae
Genus:	Phortica
Species:	P. variegata
Binomial name
Phortica variegata Fallen, 1823

The species was first described as Amiota variegata (Fallén, 1823), but has since been clarified as a member of the Phortica genus.